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Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority 1 Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Administration Plan (Part A of the overall Pumicelands RFA Fire Plan) 2015-17 Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 2 Sections 1. CONTEXT 2. READINESS 3. REDUCTION 4. RECOVERY This Fire Administration Plan (Part A) is one of the two parts of the overall Pumicelands RFA Fire Plan. It generally deals with Operational Context, Reduction, Readiness and Recovery operating procedures. The Fire Response Plan (Part B) provides stakeholder organisations across all Zones with the main checklists, forms, outline of procedures and firefighting resources contacts necessary to respond to a fire emergency. Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 3 1. CONTEXT CONTENTS PAGE 1.1 The Pumicelands RFA Fire Plan 7 1.2 Pumicelands “District” and “Authority” 7 1.3 Map of Pumicelands 8 1.4 How Pumicelands RFA is Funded 9 1.5 Pumicelands RFA’s Legislative Mandate 10 1.6 Pumicelands RFA General Policies 10 1.7 Pumicelands RFA Safety and Health Policy 11 1.8 The Pumicelands RFA Constitution 14 Zone Arrangements in the PRFA Constitution 1.9 18 Inclusive of Operating Rules 1.10 Other Agreements 20 1.11 Specially Protected Areas 21 Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 4 2. READINESS CONTENTS PAGE 2.1 General Pumicelands RFA Readiness Policy 21 Pumicelands RFA Policy Regarding Stakeholder 2.2 21 Resourcing Levels 2.3 Fire Detection Processes 22 2.4 Procedures for Monitoring Fire Weather Index 23 2.5 Outline of the Fire Weather Index System 25 Procedures for Determining Levels of Readiness 2.6 26 and Response from Weather Stations 2.7 BUI Trigger Points to Guide Readiness Levels 27 2.8 Overview of Forestry Zone Readiness Levels 30 2.9 Other Readiness Procedures 31 2.10 Training Objectives 34 2.11 NRFA Minimum Training Standard and Grant Funding 34 2.12 Objective of Training for Safe and Effective Operations 35 2.13 Target Numbers of Personnel to be Trained by Zone 35 2.14 A Single Pumicelands RFA Training Database 36 2.15 Quality Training at Minimum Costs 37 2.16 Fire Control Documents and Maps 37 2.17 Pumicelands RFA VHF Radio Communications 38 2.18 Protective Clothing for Firefighting Operations 38 2.19 Firefighting Equipment 39 2.20 Fire Infrastructure 42 Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 5 3. REDUCTION CONTENTS PAGE Pumicelands RFA Constitution Inclusive 3.1 44 of Operating Rules Relating to Reduction 3.2 General Pumicelands RFA Fire Reduction Strategy 44 Pumicelands RFA General 3.3 44 Monitoring of Weather Conditions 3.4 Pumicelands RFA Use of Wildfire Threat Analysis 46 3.5 Pumicelands RFA Policy for the Issue of Fire Permits 46 3.6 Pumicelands RFA Policy for DOC Authorised Campfires 48 Policy of Identification of Hazardous 3.7 48 Buildings in Rural Areas 3.8 Pumicelands RFA Fire Signage Policy 49 3.9 Firebreak Guidelines 49 Pumicelands RFA Policy for Public Entry to 3.10 50 Commercial Forests 3.11 Pumiceland RFA Policy for Forest Operations 50 Pumiceland RFA Policy for the Management of 3.12 53 Tree Harvesting Debris and Residues at Log Landings Pumicelands RFA Policy for the Management 3.13 54 of Sawdust, Bark and Refuse Dump Areas 3.14 PRFA Policy for the Management of Ash Refuse Dumps 54 3.15 PRFA Policy for the Management of Fire Pits 55 Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 6 4. RECOVERY CONTENTS PAGE 4.1 The Constitution Regarding Fire Suppression Costs 56 4.2 Records of Fires 57 4.3 Fire Investigation 57 4.4 Post Fire Investigation 58 4.5 Fire Debriefs and Operational Reviews 59 4.6 Cost Recovery and Prosecution 59 4.7 Fire Site Rehabilitation Procedures 59 Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 7 1. CONTEXT 1.1 The Pumicelands RFA Fire Plan This Fire Plan is the guiding document to enable the management of rural fires by the Territorial Authorities, Department of Conservation and large commercial forest companies that collectively have jurisdiction over the Central North Island. The Fire Plan is designed to comply with regulation 39 of the Forest and Rural Fires Regulations 2005 (the Regulations). The Pumicelands RFA Fire Plan consists of five sections divided into two parts: PART A – Fire Administration 1.Context General description of Pumicelands RFA, underlying legislation and policies. 2.Reduction Measures to prevent and reduce the threat from rural fires. 3.Readiness Measures and standards required by stakeholders to enable the safe and effective response to rural fires. 4.Recovery Actions required after a rural fire. PART B – Fire Response 5.Response An emergency action plan and resource directory to enable stakeholders to safely and effectively respond to fires. 1.2 Pumicelands “District” and “Authority” Pumicelands Rural Fire District and Authority, as it now exists, was constituted as a legal entity by notice 2015-au3609 in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68 - page 145, 18 June 2015, pursuant to sections 4(1) and 8(1) of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 (the Act). The District: A map of the District is shown on the following page. In summary, the District consists of parcels of land totalling approximately 2.35 million hectares in the Central North Island of New Zealand under the jurisdiction of the following stakeholders who contribute financially to Pumicelands RFA: Territorial Authorities Tauranga CC, Western Bay of Plenty DC, Kawerau DC, (TAs) Whakatane DC, Opotiki DC, South Waikato DC, Rotorua DC, Taupo DC and Dept. of Internal Affairs (for offshore Islands). Commercial Forestry Hancock Forest Management Tiaki, Hancock Forest Companies (Forestry) Management Taumata, Kaingaroa Timberlands Management Ltd, PF Olsen Ltd, NZ Forest Managers, Crown Forestry, Lake Taupo & Rotoira Forest Trusts. Department of Includes all reserves and conservation lands within the Conservation (DOC) above listed TAs and Forestry plus all of the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park, Ureweras, Raukumara FP, Tongariro National Park, Erua Forest, Tongariro Forest and Kaimanawa FP. Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 8 1.3 Map of Pumicelands Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 9 The 2.35 million hectare District consists of an estimated: 0.80 million hectares of agricultural lands, 1.05 million hectares conservation lands and 0.50 million hectares of commercial forestry. There are currently an estimated 700 Pumicelands firefighting personnel located around 43 rural fire depots of various sizes belonging to the various stakeholders and associated volunteer groups. Major transport routes include State Highways 1, 2, 5, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 38, 41, 46 and 47, and rail links such as the main trunk line and the freight/log line between Murupara and Kawerau. The district is well serviced by electrical and natural gas supply lines which originate from outside of the region. There are a number of areas of special note in terms of fire threat within the District. These include: residential villages, ski resorts and other recreational areas, prisons, industrial sites, national parks, offshore island reserves and coastal areas, orchards and large packhouses, and transport and distribution networks. The Pumicelands Rural Fire District excludes larger townships where Urban Fire Districts exist. Those areas come under the jurisdiction of the NZ Fire Service. The Authority: A seven member governance Committee, as defined in the gazette notice, is the “Authority”. Under s 8 (2) of the Act the Authority is recognised as “a body corporate, having (subject to the right of the National rural Fire Authority to dissolve that body by notice in the Gazette), perpetual succession and a common seal, and being capable of holding real and personal property and of doing and suffering all the things that bodies corporate may do and suffer:…” The Principal Rural Fire Officer (PRFO), Deputy Principal Rural Fire Officers (DPRFOs) and Rural Fire Officers (RFOs) are all accountable to the Committee. The PRFO (who also functions as Chief Executive Officer), two Deputies to the PRFO (who are both Operations coordinators and DPRFOs) and the Administration Officer are employees of the Authority. The eight Zone Managers and Sector Mangers for Opotiki and each of the Sectors of the Plateau Zone are all DPRFOs. Membership of the Committees is made up as follows: Two members appointed by the CEOs of the Territorial Authorities Two members appointed by the NZ Forest Owners Association One member appointed by the Director General of the Department of Conservation One person appointed by the NZ Fire Service National Commander One independent member appointed by the other members of the Committee. 1.4 How Pumicelands RFA is Funded Contributing Stakeholders: These are the organisations who finance the administration of the Authority and except for the Independent Committee Member, from which the members of the Committee are drawn. This is a key understanding in the functioning of Pumicelands RFA. A Contributing Stakeholder can be one of two things: 1. A signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2014 to proceed with establishing Pumicelands. These signatories are all those organisations shown in the table above (from DOC, Forestry and TA’s) plus the NZ Fire Service. 2. An individual or agency which meets any of the following criteria: (a) the individual or agency pays a Contribution or Levy of at least $8,000 in cash; or (b) the individual or agency makes an in-kind administration contribution of at least $20,000; or (c) the individual or agency makes a combination of cash and in-kind contributions where the Pumicelands Rural Fire Authority Fire Plan – 30 October 2015 10 cash contribution plus 50% of the total value of in-kind contributions is equal to at least $10,000.
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